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Topic: Jack Welch

  
CREATIVITY   |  Comment

Innovation...Is it top down or bottom up?

BY Cris Beswick
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 10:09 AM

The reality is it’s both but most of the time it depends on your business, how big you are and how you’ve structured it! For those that are unclear, top down innovation is normally the domain of the small business owner or ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  6 comments

Leading Ideas: Grow the People Around You


Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Apr 25, 2005 at 3:32 PM

"Before you become a leader success is all about growing yourself. Once you become a leader success is all about growing others." -- Jack Welch (1935- ) Former Chairman & CEO, General Electric Something to consider: Great ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT   |  6 comments

New Advice from Jack


Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Jan 7, 2005 at 6:03 PM

So the buzz is beginning to build for Jack Welch's new book, which makes its debut in early April. This time, Jack teamed up with his wife, Suzy, for a book called Winning. Amazon.com recently published a letter from Jack with some ...READ»

GUEST HOST: GARY WILLIAMS   |  2 comments

The Power of One


Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jul 12, 2004 at 3:54 PM

Amazing what impact a single individual can make on a company with tens or hundreds of thousands of employees. In this month's issue, FC highlights a great story about Starbucks and how Chairman Howard Schultz continues to redefine ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
CAREERS   |  Comment

Careers: Personal Branding and Jargon

BY Wendy Marx
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Jun 6, 2008 at 9:48 AM

Quick quiz: What do Starbucks and jargon have do with each other? Starbucks of course taught the world to speak its language; whoever asked for a Grande or Venti bfore the coffee giant made coffee a 24/7 obsession? What’s the ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS   |  4 comments

What We Learned In The New Economy

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:47 AM

What We Learned A Brief History Profiles Vocabulary Where Are They Now? What You Learned It's a foggy, rainy December afternoon at the port of Redwood City, California--the kind of day that makes reality hard to discern, ...READ»

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT   |  1 comment

Management by example

BY Robert Heller
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Oct 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM

Whether it’s finance, marketing, production, strategy, human relations or any other discipline, managers accept that the subject is teachable and that, once taught, the lessons will bring value to managers and the organisations ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

The Corporate Shrink

BY Dr. Kerry J. Sulkowicz
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

Making the most of management-training seminars and conference calls.READ»

Ivan Glickman
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY   |  8 comments

Jack Welch, A Proponent of Conscious Capitalism?

BY Lewis Perkins
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Mar 25, 2009 at 2:24 PM

Right now, denizens of young corporate leaders and entrepreneurs who are fighting the good fight –getting investors and their corporate leaders on board with new and more sustainable ways to view business – are perking up at the recent words from former GE Chairman and CEO, Jack Welch. If you have been reading my blog, you have followed my discussions of sustainability as a part of corporate consciousness for the past months. Today, I was pointed towards the latest word from Mr. Welch, publically stating that it was “a dumb idea” for executives to focus so heavily on quarterly profits and share price gains. Wait, wasn’t it Welch who originally created the “shareholder value movement” in the early 80s? READ»

HUMAN RESOURCES   |  Comment

Best Is Not Always Nice

BY Sharlyn Lauby
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Apr 3, 2009 at 11:06 AM

I was recently talking with someone who used to work for General Electric during the Jack Welch era.  They said that working at GE was the best job they've ever had.  Not because things were "nice" but because the ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
ASIAN PHILOSOPHY   |  Comment

Send Your Troops Deep Into Enemy Territory - Valley Forge Fabrics Inspires Employee Ownership

BY Kaihan Krippendorff
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 11:30 AM

As I continue my review of Valley Forge Fabrics, I see they draw upon another tactic used by leaders like Sun Tzu and Jack Welch, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric (GE). To inspire cohesion and ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  2 comments

Leadership: Ripples and Waves

BY Grace Andrews
Relevancy Score: 90
Tue Jun 26, 2007 at 3:16 PM

"A myth, in its simplest definition, is a story with a meaning attached to it other than it seems to have at first; and the fact that it has such a meaning is generally marked by some of its circumstances being extraordinary, or, in ...READ»

EMPLOYEE RETENTION   |  Comment

The Fast Company Interview: Jeff Immelt

BY John A. Byrne
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:57 AM

A candid conversation with the CEO of General Electric about leadership, creativity, fear -- and what it's really like to run the world's most influential company.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Integrity Matters

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:57 AM

So say the folks who took our latest survey, by a huge margin. Too bad they find it in such short supply among today's leaders.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  2 comments

An Evening with John A. Byrne

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 90
Fri Oct 24, 2003 at 11:00 AM

Last night, Fast Company's editor in chief, John A. Byrne, met with about 100 members of the Philadelphia chapter of the Company of Friends and students at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. Over the course of two hours, ...READ»

GENDER RELATIONS   |  1 comment

How to Make Love in the Office

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 AM

Forget about loving your work. Try loving your coworker!READ»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS   |  1 comment

Reward Risk


Relevancy Score: 89
Tue Mar 21, 2006 at 10:08 AM

"If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do." --Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO, GE From Fast Company's recently released book, The Rules of Business: 55 Essential Ideas ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

GE Smackdown!

BY Scott Kirsner; Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 89
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM

Jeff Immelt and Jack Welch go toe-to-toe.READ»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS   |  1 comment

Reward Risk


Relevancy Score: 89
Tue Mar 21, 2006 at 10:08 AM

"If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do." --Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO, GE From Fast Company's recently released book, The Rules of Business: 55 Essential Ideas to Help Smart ...READ»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS   |  1 comment

Reward Risk


Relevancy Score: 89
Tue Mar 21, 2006 at 10:08 AM

"If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do." --Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO, GE From Fast Company's recently released book, The Rules of Business: 55 Essential Ideas to Help Smart ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Trickle-Up Leadership

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 88
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:30 AM

"If people are too intimidated or too reluctant to help their leaders lead, their leaders will fail," says Michael Useem, the author of a new book about how you can take control -- even when you're not in command.READ»

ENTERTAINMENT   |  Comment

Speedometer

BY Ryan Underwood
Relevancy Score: 87
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

Going fast. Going slow. Going nowhere.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  15 comments

The World's Most Respected Leaders: Do You Agree?


Relevancy Score: 87
Tue Nov 23, 2004 at 6:31 PM

The Financial Times and Pricewaterhouse Coopers has just published a list of the ten most respected business leaders today. And the envelope.... Bill Gates (Microsoft) Jack Welch (GE) Carlos Ghosn (Nissan) Warren Buffett ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  3 comments

Rule #3: Leadership Is Confusing As Hell

BY Tom Peters
Relevancy Score: 87
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:25 AM

You think the past five years were nuts? You ain't seen nothin' yet! It's only going to get weirder, tougher, and more turbulent. Which means that leadership will be more important than ever -- and more confusing (see rule #3).READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

The Greatness That Cannot Be Taught

BY David Halberstam
Relevancy Score: 86
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:45 AM

His personal hero.READ»

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